It's not looking good for the Man of Steel. [Here] comes news of a book that unveils his sordid fetish life, as chronicled by his creator.

The book in question is called Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster, and it's part of ComicArts, the new graphic novel imprint from publisher Harry N. Abrams. Centering around Superman co-creator Shuster's relatively unknown 1950s sideline at illustrator for S&M magazine Nights of Horror, the heavily-illustrated book is sure to make you think twice about what Superman does when he's not saving the world.

Charles Kochman, Executive Editor of the imprint, explains:

"They are undoubtedly the work of Joe Shuster, but nobody connected the dots at the time to say this looks like Superman, or Lois Lane, or Jimmy Olsen, or Lex Luthor... The material was banned by the U.S. Supreme Court, and although the publisher and the printer both went to jail, nobody came after Shuster because somehow they never made the connection to Superman or to Shuster as the artist... Also involved were a group of neo-Nazi thugs called the Brooklyn Thrill Killers, who whipped innocent women and set fire to vagrants and murdered them. These kids were interviewed by [anti-comics crusader Dr. Frederic] Wertham when 'Nights of Horror' magazines were cited as inspiration for their crimes. The whole story and the art are revealed here by Craig Yoe for the first time. This is going be an amazing book. If you like Lois Lane, wait until you see someone who appears to be her whipping a man who looks very much like Clark Kent"!

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[editor's note: article contains illustrations that may not be safe for reading at work]

LAND O' LAKES - Angye Fox wasn't sure she would be comfortable at a nudist resort.

That was four years ago.

Now, she is public relations director for the opulent, clothing-optional Caliente Resorts off U.S. 41 in Land O' Lakes. The owner of AdSizzle Inc. Marketing & Public Relations in Odessa, Fox obviously enjoyed her initial nudist experience.

"The mindset of a clothing-optional person is to be embraced," said Fox, 37, a Green Bay, Wisc., native. "It's very open-minded and friendly."

Caliente's high profile - it was once featured on "The Simple Life" reality show that starred Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie - makes her one of the most recognizable faces in one of the world's largest nudist communities.

Pasco County is home to at least 14 nudist or clothing-optional resorts or retreats - and about 12,000 "nude votes," state Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa, estimated last year.

News out of Caliente isn't always light and fun, though.

Last year, the resort withdrew its membership with the American Association for Nude Recreation, which offers lobbying and marketing leverage to member resorts, after AANR began investigating rumors of sex parties at Caliente.

Some residents and members also were angry that Fox spoke at Swingfest 2008, an adult trade show in Hollywood, Fla., where she led a workshop promoting the co-existence of swingers and nudists.

To an outsider, nudists complaining about swingers might sound as ridiculous as a homeowner's association grumbling about people keeping their grass too short.

But many nudists have long sought to disassociate their lifestyle with scenes from "Caligula," which is how many people who have never been to a nudist resort probably assume they live.

Regardless, Fox defended the Swingfest appearance as a means of introducing younger people to the clothing-optional lifestyle, which is imperative if the industry hopes to survive.

[Q] I'm a 19-year-old guy who's already pretty deep into the bondage scene. I'm not sure where this came from, but I love being dominated by a woman. Just last night, this girl I've been seeing strapped me to a table and then fucked me with a strap-on. Hot, hot, hot. The sex part I've got down cold, but it's the time after sex I have an issue with. I'm just not into the cuddling thing. In fact, since I like my women to be strong and domineering, it's kind of a turnoff to suddenly have them be all needy and clingy. So I'm confused about what I could do after sex that wouldn't seem too cold but that didn't involve a lot of hugging and heartfelt conversations. Any ideas?

[A] So far I've heard about the things that you have done to you sexually, but I haven't heard a thing about what you do to the women you're with. As my mother used to tell me: Just because you've been table-fucked to orgasm doesn't mean the sex is automatically over. If you're not into cuddling, then the least you could do is take that strap-on out of your ass, bring the woman over to a bed and do whatever it is she orders you to do with your tongue, hands or whatnot. Now I know you're only 19, but if I were you, I'd start working on those intimacy issues. At your age it's still permissible to be all about the sex, but the day will soon be coming when being that emotionally unavailable will make you an extremely unattractive mate. I get that you like your women to be domineering during sex, but you can't expect them to be completely emotionless sexual automatons. And cuddling does not necessarily equal clingy. You've just had an extremely intimate encounter on the kitchen table; frankly, I think a little huggy time would make a nice counterpart to that. And by the way, why is it okay for you to be so needy sexually ("Tie me up, fuck me, treat me like your slave"), but when a woman wants something from you it suddenly becomes a turnoff? I don't mean to get on your case, but instead of trying to figure out ways to avoid those intimate postcoital moments, I think you should be pushing yourself to expand your emotional horizons.

A North Woodmere man who was the central figure in a sensational federal sadomasochism case was freed on bail yesterday to live with his parents while his conviction is under review.

Glenn Marcus, 55, was let out of a federal jail after his parents put up their home on Mulberry Place to secure a $1-million bond.

Marcus will be under home detention and electronic monitoring and will not have access to a computer, said Magistrate-Judge Roanne L. Mann in Brooklyn.

Dubbed by investigators as a "god" in the world of sexual bondage and dominance, Marcus was convicted in 2007 of sex trafficking and sentenced to nine years in prison.

Evidence at trial showed that Marcus dominated and abused a girlfriend identified in testimony only as "Jody."

At the trial in Brooklyn, Jody testified that while her submissive relationship with Marcus started out as consensual in 1998, he coerced and tortured her into working on his sex Web site.

But last August a federal appeals court reversed Marcus' conviction and ordered a new trial because some of the evidence introduced at the trial involved actions that took place before the passage of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

APPLETON - A man faces child enticement charges after he left a duffel bag containing handcuffs, a gag and his wallet at the home of a Kimberly girl.

The girl told police the two arranged a date over the Internet.

Jason D. Lanser, 29, 1601 E. Roeland Ave., Appleton, was released from the Outagamie County Jail on Monday after posting a $5,000 cash bond on a charge of child enticement.

Lanser, who used the computer name "diaperboy73," struck up a conversation with the 16-year-old Kimberly girl on the Internet and the two agreed to meet at her home on Dec. 21, according to the criminal complaint.

Lanser and the girl gave differing accounts to police of what happened when they met.

The girl told police she and Lanser had met two years previously at his apartment, where he got her drunk and talked about sex before she "freaked out" and left.

She said he contacted her by instant messaging Dec. 21, and she gave him her address in Kimberly. The girl told police she and Lanser shared a bottle of rum after he arrived, and the two talked about sexual matters, including bondage. He then grabbed her by the hair, tried to kiss her and touched her on the leg. She fled to the bathroom and locked the door, and Lanser was gone when she finally opened the door.

She called police and turned over a duffel bag he left behind containing five restraints, a set of handcuffs constructed of fabric, several adult-sized disposable diapers, a ball gag, a roll of fishing line, a blood pressure cuff and a white belt investigators think is part of a straitjacket. Police also recovered a wallet containing Lanser's driver's license and credit cards.

Lanser called police the same day to seek their help in recovering the duffel bag, which he told them contained "bondage toys." He said he thought he was meeting a woman in her 30s when he went to the home, though he acknowledged the girl did not appear to be over 18. He said he did not recognize her as the girl who had been at his apartment two years ago.

He said the girl agreed to put him in the straitjacket, then spanked him at his request, and while doing so she took his wallet out of his back pocket because it was in the way.

The girl then "flipped out" and began hitting him with a broom, he told police, and he fled the residence. He told police he was able to free himself from the straitjacket because it was not secured.

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